Evan woke up in a strange place, with strange people, some with strange, almost supernatural abilities. Evan and the rest of his group are thrown immediately into a world of work or starve, contribute or be cast out, pull the trigger, or meet your maker.
After all, they aren't alone on the island. The Cloud looms, hideous, once human monsters lurking within. But something's changing the Cloud and its monsters, and not for the better. Evan must jump headfirst into his new life, or be crushed by the conflict.
SOTO is a story four very inconsistent years into the making, but by no means is anywhere near done. I'm posting to see what people think of the story, so please do comment to show your love, or maybe some criticism too. I am a busy college student, so uploads might be inconsistent as well, if enough people enjoy the story i might pick up writing again. but for now, i'm looking for feedback :)
IMPORTANT: like i said im a busy college student, ill be posting more of the story as much as i can, but just because i publish another chapter doesn't mean that's all that chapter is, more often than not ill go back and add some more later. so if you begin a newly published chapter and it picks up in an unfamiliar place, chances are there is more to read in the last chapter.
Nina is captured by parbeing man. He plans to turn her into his pet. He knows she won't go down without a fight, but he's not prepared for how much 'fight' she has packed in her small body. His new pet leaks into every area of his life, changing things in ways he could never have imagined.
Parbeings are the new and improved apex predators of Earth. Created from gene editing, they are the perfect humans, so perfect that they are no longer even considered human.
*** Content Warning: The protagonist of this story is a victim of abuse. I do not condone the actions of the antagonist ***
Chapter 1 extract:
"Hey Alex. Get over here. I've got something for you," he calls into his collar radio.
I reach the end of the alley and turn to face my foe once again, but he remains where he is, still blocking my path but not approaching either.
New plan: when he gets close, duck under his arms and make a run for it. Now I just have to wait.
Before a minute has even passed, another armoured soldier appears and joins the first. This just keeps getting worse. How am I supposed to dodge past two of them?
"What do you want now?" the new soldier grumbles. This one must be Alex.
"Look at this cute little human I found. She's feisty. I think she's perfect for you."
I glare at them.
"I don't want a pet human. That's your disgusting fetish, and I'll have no part in it."
"Oh come on Captain," the first soldier whines, "You don't have to fuck her, just train her to be obedient. Surely you can control one measly wild human? You are a captain after all. When you're done, you can just get rid of her, like I do with my humans."
What the fuck? For a brief moment my fear is replaced by anger. Who do they think they are, talking about me like I'm some kind of wild animal? "Get the fuck away from me! You freaks!" I screech.
The first soldier just flashes an evil grin. They don't budge. "Are you just going to let her talk to you like that?" he goads Alex.
(Complete. 70k words.)